Remotely modify configuration file on 20 servers

[Bojan Zivkovic]

Hi, configuration file for Log Insight Agent product (liagent.ini) contains a line:

hostname=OldServerName.domainname.local

I want to modify it with new server name remotely with:

Invoke-Command -ComputerName $servers -ScriptBlock {
(Get-Content -Path ‘C:\ProgramData\VMware\Log Insight Agent\liagent.ini’) -replace “(?<=^hostname=).*”,”NewServerName.domainname.local” | Set-Content -Path ‘C:\ProgramData\VMware\Log Insight Agent\liagent.ini’ -Force
}

However as end result I got empty liagent.ini file. Doing this locally works fine. Any help would be appreciated.

 

• This topic was modified 1 month ago by Bojan Zivkovic.
• This topic was modified 1 month ago by Bojan Zivkovic.
• This topic was modified 1 month ago by Bojan Zivkovic.
• This topic was modified 1 month ago by Bojan Zivkovic.

[js Participant Topics: 32 Replies: 852 Points: 2,780Rank: Community Hero]

Hmm I tried it on localhost as admin and it worked.

[random commandline Participant Topics: 5 Replies: 349 Points: 632Rank: Major Contributor]

PowerShell

# Create new file with config change, remove old file, then rename new file Invoke-Command -ComputerName $servers -ScriptBlock { $old = ‘C:\ProgramData\VMware\Log Insight Agent\liagent.ini’ ; $new = ‘C:\ProgramData\VMware\Log Insight Agent\liagent2.ini’ ; (Get-Content -Path $old) -replace “(?&lt;=^hostname=).*”,”NewServerName.domainname.local” | Set-Content -Path $new -Force ; Remove-Item $old ; Rename-Item -Path $new -NewName liagent.ini }

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# Create new file with config change, remove old file, then rename new file Invoke-Command -ComputerName $servers -ScriptBlock {     $old = ‘C:\ProgramData\VMware\Log Insight Agent\liagent.ini’ ;     $new = ‘C:\ProgramData\VMware\Log Insight Agent\liagent2.ini’ ;     (Get-Content -Path $old) -replace “(?<=^hostname=).*”,”NewServerName.domainname.local” |     Set-Content -Path $new -Force ; Remove-Item $old ;     Rename-Item -Path $new -NewName liagent.ini }

[Bojan Zivkovic Participant Topics: 41 Replies: 47 Points: 115Rank: Participant]

It worked. Thx.

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